Single nucleotide polymorphisms in CAPN and leptin genes associated with meat color and tenderness in Nellore cattle

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2057-2064

  Pinto, L F B ^a   Ferraz, J B S ^b   Pedrosa, V B ^b   Eler, J P ^b   Meirelles, F V ^b   Bonin, M N ^b   Rezende, F M ^b   Carvalho, M E ^b   Cucco, D C ^b   Silva, R C G ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beef; Bovine; Genome; Livestock; Molecular markers; SNP

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALPAIN GENE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD QUALITY; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR GENE; LEPTIN GENE; LEPTIN RECEPTOR GENE; LOGISSIMUS MUSCLE; MALE; MEAT COLOR; MEAT COOKING LOSS; MEAT DRIP LOSS; MEAT TENDERNESS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CALPAIN; CATTLE; DNA; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; LEPTIN; LIVESTOCK; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; RECEPTORS, SOMATOTROPIN;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 80955141240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/vol10-3gmr1263     Document Type: Article

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